Merry Christmas from Sesame Street
Merry Christmas from Sesame Street is a children's Christmas album featuring characters from Sesame Street and released in 1975 by the Children's Television Workshop and Children's Records of America (#CTW 25516). The album was nominated for the 1976 Grammy Awards, but lost to another Sesame Street album, Bert & Ernie Sing-Along.[2]
| Merry Christmas from Sesame Street | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album and christmas album by Sesame Street cast | |
| Released | 1975 |
| Genre | Children |
| Label | Children's Records of America |
| Producer | Jon Stone |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| The Harvard Crimson (Eric B. Fried; Susie Spring) | (favorable)[1] |
Cast
- Northern Calloway as David
- Emilio Delgado as Luis
- Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
- Loretta Long as Susan; Smart Tina
- Sonia Manzano as Maria
- Bob McGrath as Bob
- Roscoe Orman as Gordon; Hardhead Henry Harris
- Caroll Spinney as Big Bird; Oscar the Grouch
- Frank Oz as Cookie Monster; Grover; Bert
- Jerry Nelson as The Count; Herry Monster; Snuffle-upagus
- Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn
- Jim Henson as Ernie
Album
| No. | Title | Performers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sesame Street Christmas Overture" (Instrumental) | The Sesame Street Festival Orchestra | —arr— |
| 2. | "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (traditional, arr. Sam Pottle, special lyrics: David Axelrod) | Sesame Street Cast | |
| 3. | "Deck the Halls Medley (Deck the Halls; Jingle Bells; White Christmas; Winter Wonderland" (trad.; trad.; Irving Berlin; Bernard - Smith) | Sesame Street Cast | |
| 4. | "I Hate Christmas" (Axelrod - Pottle) | Oscar | |
| 5. | "A Christmas Story" (Joseph A. Bailey) | Mr. Hooper; Ernie; Bert | |
| 6. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Martin - Blane) | Bert and Ernie | |
| 7. | "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (traditional) | Sesame Street cast | |
| 8. | "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Medley (It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas; Silver Bells; The Christmas Song; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Meredith Willson; Livingston - Evans; Torme - Wells; Gillespie - Coots) | Big Bird; Susan and Gordon; Bob; Grover | |
| 9. | "The Night Before Christmas on Sesame Street" (Axelrod - Pottle) | David | |
| 10. | "Saludo" (traditional) | Maria and Luis | |
| 11. | "Arrurru Song" (traditional) | Maria and Luis | |
| 12. | "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" (Don Gardner) | The Count | |
| 13. | "A Christmas Pageant" (Jon Stone - Sam Pottle) | Bert; Ernie; Prairie Dawn; Herry; Grover; Cookie Monster | |
| 14. | "Keep Christmas with You" (Axelrod - Pottle) | Susan; Gordon; Big Bird; Luis; David; Bob; Prairie Dawn; Ernie | |
| 15. | "We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Reprise)" (trad.) | Sesame Street Cast | |
| Total length: | —arr— | ||
References
- Fried, Eric B.; Spring, Susie (5 December 1979). "Hark! the Herald Cashiers Ring". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- "Grammy Awards 1976". Retrieved December 17, 2012.
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